§ 4-4-4. Charge for false alarms.

Service charges shall be imposed, in accordance with this section, for false alarms which result in a response by one or more police officers to protected premises. No service charge shall be imposed for the first false alarm in any six-month period which results in a response by one or more police officers to the protected premises. A service charge of $35 shall be imposed for the next false alarm which results in a police response to the same premises, if the alarm occurs within six months of the first false alarm. A service charge of $50 shall be imposed for the next false alarm which results in a police response to the same premises, if the alarm occurs within six months of a false alarm for which a $35 service charge was imposed under this section. A service charge of $50 shall be imposed for every subsequent false alarm which results in a police response to the same premises and which occurs within six months of a false alarm for which a $50 service charge was imposed under this section. Any service charge imposed under this section shall be billed to the user by, and payment shall be made to, the director of finance. (Ord. No. 3363, 4/15/89, Sec. 3)

Editorial Note: Ord. No. 3363, § 2, adopted April 15, 1989, repealed §§ 4-4-4—4-4-8 which pertained to requirements for connection of a security alarm system to the alarm board; responsibility of user of alarm system after approval by chief of police; disconnection from the alarm board; reconnection to the alarm board and appeal proceedings, and derived from Code 1963 as amended by Ord. No. 2480, Section 1, adopted June 14, 1980. Section 3 of said Ord. No. 3363 added a new Section 4-4-4 to read as herein set out.